Improvement in medical compounds for treating rheumatism



WILLIAM H. FARR-AR, OF RIGHMON D, VIRGINIA.

Letters Patent No. 113,995, dated April'25, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICAL COMPOUNDS FOR TREATING RHEUMATISM, &c.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maldng part of thesame.

To all whom it may cancer-n.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FARBAR, of Richmond, in the county ofHenrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Medical Compound; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact vdescription thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

This invention and discovery relates to an improvement in the curativeart, and consists in a medicine designed to be taken internally as wellas to be applied externally in all nervous afl'cctions, rheumatism, andkindred complaints, and is especially valuable as a remedy for diarrheaand all diseases of the kidneys.

The medicine consists of a fluid compound composed of the ingredientshereinafter named, used in about the proportions specified.

' In carrying out my invention and discovery I make use of the followingingredients, viz:

Alcohol, thirty-six ounces; aqua ammonia, six ounces; oil origanum, fourounces; oil pennyroyal, one ounce; oil anise, one ounce; oil smart weed,one ounce; oil Sassafras, one and a half ounce; oil cedar,

one ounce; oil hemlock, half ounce; No. 6, three ounces; red sanders,two ounces; chloroform, two ounces.

The above-mentioned ingredients are. thoroughly mixed together in anysuitable vessel. The composition may then be filtered, when it is readyfor packing in bottles and for use.

This is a most valuable family medicine, and may be taken internally orapplied externally as a liniment with the best efl'ect.

' I do notconfine myself to the precise proportions named, but claim thecombination of the above ingredients for the purposes specified.

Having thus described my invention,

1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The above medicalcompound, substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. FARRAR.

Witnesses JOHN J onus, J r., ADELE Norr;

